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Australian Standard: Analysis Techniques For System Reliability-Procedure For Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
Australian Standard: Analysis Techniques For System Reliability-Procedure For Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
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• AirServices Australia
• Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• Australian Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers Association
• Australian Industry Group
• Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organisation
• Australian Organisation for Quality
• Certification Interests (Australia)
• Department of Defence (Australia)
• Energy Networks Association
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• The University of New South Wales
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Published by Standards Australia GPO Box 476, Sydney, NSW 2001, Australia
ISBN 0 7337 8832 7
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PREFACE
This Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia Committee QR-005, Dependability.
The objective of this Standard is to provide guidance on the procedure for Failure Mode and
Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Failure Mode, Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) and give
guidance on their applications, including the basic principles, procedural steps, terms,
assumptions, criticality measures and failure modes, with examples. It is suitable for use in
conjunction with the AS IEC 60300 series of dependability management Standards.
This Standard is identical with, and has been reproduced from IEC 60812 Ed. 2.0 (2006),
Analysis techniques for system reliability—Procedure for failure mode and effects analysis
(FMEA), which is part of a suite of Standards developed by the IEC Technical Committee
IEC/TC 56, Dependability.
As this Standard is reproduced from an International Standard, the following applies:
(a) Its number does not appear on each page of text and its identity is shown only on the cover
and title page.
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(b) In the source text ‘this International Standard’ should read ‘this Australian Standard’.
(c) A full point should be substituted for a comma when referring to a decimal marker.
The terms ‘normative’ and ‘informative’ are used to define the application of the annex to
which they apply. A normative annex is an integral part of a standard, whereas an informative
annex is only for information and guidance.
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CONTENTS
Page
1 Scope .............................................................................................................................. 1
2 Normative references ....................................................................................................... 1
3 Terms and definitions....................................................................................................... 1
4 Overview.......................................................................................................................... 3
4.1 Introduction............................................................................................................. 3
4.2 Purpose and objectives of the analysis ................................................................... 4
5 Failure modes and effects analysis .................................................................................. 5
5.1 General considerations ........................................................................................... 5
5.2 Preliminary tasks .................................................................................................... 5
5.3 Failure mode, effects, and criticality analysis (FMECA) ......................................... 15
5.4 Report of analysis ................................................................................................. 22
6 Other considerations ...................................................................................................... 23
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STANDARDS AUSTRALIA
Australian Standard
1 Scope
This International Standard describes Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Failure
Mode, Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA), and gives guidance as to how they may be
applied to achieve various objectives by
All the general qualitative considerations presented for FMEA will apply to FMECA, since the
latter is an extension of the other.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document.
For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition
of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
References to international standards that are struck through in this clause are replaced by
references to Australian or Australian/New Zealand Standards that are listed immediately
thereafter and identified by shading. Any Australian or Australian/New Zealand Standard that
is identical to the International Standard it replaces is identified as such.
IEC 61078, Analysis techniques for dependability – Reliability block diagram method